floodage

English

Etymology

From flood +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflʌdɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

floodage (uncountable)

1. flooding; inundation
   • 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

     This place, my Dryasdust informs me, had many accidents by floodage and by fire

References

“floodage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.